Bangladeshi police used water cannons, tear gas and batons to disperse thousands of protesting garment factory workers on Wednesday, after they pressed their demands for higher wages by blocking roads for a fourth day.

Imports at major U.S. container ports are levelling off after retailers' months-long rush to bring in Chinese merchandise before higher tariffs hit, according to a retail trade report issued on Tuesday.

Japan's real wages rose the most in five months in November, reversing from a third straight month of drops, government data showed, raising hopes for stronger domestic spending to offset slowing external demand.

The issue of diversity is a hot topic in the fashion industry at the moment, and The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is taking it seriously.The organization has teamed up with the fashion giant PVH Corp.

A New Year’s Resolution Report conducted by fashion resale marketplace Thredup has found that one in four women is planning to quit fast fashion in 2019, a movement led predominantly by younger consumers.

British and European officials are discussing the possibility of extending Britain’s formal notice to withdraw from the European Union amid fears a Brexit deal will not be approved by March 29, according to sources.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether a federal law that blocks trademarks for brand names bearing profane words violates free speech rights in a case involving a clothing brand called “FUCT.”

China has the “good faith” to work with the U.S. to resolve trade frictions, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday as officials of the world’s two largest economies resumed talks in a bid to end their trade dispute.

​A large number of trading updates are due this week, but online retailers can’t judge the success (or otherwise) of their Christmas season just yet as one in four gifts bought online will be returned by UK consumers.

Turkey's competition authority said on Monday it had launched an investigation into whether internet search engine Google broke competition law with algorithms it uses for searches and to target advertisements.

​The shopping surge everyone had hoped for in the final week of the pre-Christmas shopping season didn’t quite happen, but in the very last week of the month, massive discounts finally loosened consumer purse strings.